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I’m not a Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao hater, but it sounds like he might be getting ready to play “Duck-Hunt”. Now that Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been granted a delayed jail term, who’s to blame for the failure of matching boxing’s best? Is It Manny Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum?

Clifford Harris, arrives at a halfway house after being released from federal prison in Arkansas where he served 10 months

Grammy-winning rapper T.I., who was moved to a halfway house this week after months in prison, is locked up again at a federal penitentiary.The Federal Bureau of Prisons website Friday shows the rapper at the Atlanta penitentiary with a release date of Sept. 29.

The 30-year-old T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, was released from a federal lockup in Arkansas on Wednesday and made the 375-mile trip to Atlanta in a gleaming motor coach.

T.I.’s attorney, Steve Sadow, said Thursday night that there was an issue involving his client’s transportation.Sadow said Friday there was never any intent to mislead or misstate T.I.’s method of transportation, and he hopes the issue can be cleared up quickly so T.I. can return to the halfway house.

A post-mortem revealed that 20-year-old Chris Staniforth — who was offered a place to study Game Design at Leicester University — was killed by a pulmonary embolism, which can occur if someone sits in the same position for several hours. Deep vein thrombosis normally affects passengers on long-haul flights, but medical experts fear youngsters who spend hours glued to their consoles might also be at risk and have urged them to take regular breaks.

Professor Brian Colvin — an expert on blood-related conditions — said it was “unhealthy” for youngsters to spend long periods in front of their consoles.

Mark Cuban jokingly dismissed the idea of giving his championship Dallas Mavericks their championship rings. Cuban called the idea behind handing out the traditional championship rings “old school,” and mused aloud as to what sort of show-offy prize he would give his team.

Now, after the NBA owners locked out their players, Cuban can’t even re-tweet a celebration photo from Dirk Nowitzki’s(notes) Twitter account without facing a million-dollar fine, much less hand out some prized jewelry. That’s where Bazooka steps in, sporting all sorts of sugar-laden bling.

The Orlando Magic capped a blockbuster day of wheeling and dealing by trading one franchise cornerstone for another, sending Rashard Lewis to the Washington Wizards for Gilbert Arenas, The Magic, losers of five of their last six games, also get Jason Richardson and Earl Clark from the Suns in exchange for Carter, Marcin Gortat, Mickael Pietrus, a 2011 first-round pick and cash considerations. Once again its back to the playoffs and there is definitely something to prove for Arenas.